tri moto owners, i need your help!

[james9r9r]

[PureMetalKorey]

hey james, sorry, i was refering to the fitting actually to the right of the oil pump fittings. if you're looking at the picture you posted, the fitting i was talking about will be directly to the right of those, i think in the picture there is a black hose coming off of it.

[james9r9r]

Yes That is just a brether or something Mine was never connected

[Mr.Jake]

Did you do a compression test on it? should be around 140psi min i believe for a 2 stroke. If you get it running good i highly recommend a wiseco piston and boyeseen power reeds. Huge difference! And once you get it running set up the clutch or it might not idle, to do this you...
1. loosen adjuster lock nut
2.Turn adjuster screw counter clockwise until you feel resistance
3. turn adjuster screw clockwize 1/4 turn
4. tighten up lock nut.
and you might want to get some of that oil additive engine cleaner to clean out the tranny. Sorry for the spelling mistakes and if this didn't make much sence, its 2 am, i just got in from tinkering with some toys, tired as hell

[PureMetalKorey]

yeah, we've done compression tests, i already replaced the piston with a wiseco and the reeds couldn't hurt to be replaced.

like i said guys, this thing has probably been ridden 2 hours at most after we completely tore it down, cleaned it and put it back to all the specs.

wish one of you tri moto experts lived close to me so i could just drop it off and let you deal with it for some cash haha

[Mr.Jake]

you'll feel much better if you fix it yourself, plus your getting good knowledge of how they work. let us know if your make any progress.

[PureMetalKorey]

UPDATE!:

so, first thing i did today was replaced the spark plug, the place didn't have the right one so i bought a "similar alternative"

got the plug in, no difference, still wouldn't stay running..

so for some reason it kinda hit me, maybe it's because there is no resistance and it's getting too much air (i had the whole air filter system off) so i put my hand over the back of the carb and it started up. i put the air filter back on and same thing, no starting.. so then i took it all off again and put my hand over the carb once again and let it run for a few minutes while i gave it some resistance. after it warmed up for a few moments i was able to take my hand away and it would idle fine. as it was idling i was able to put the air filter housing back on.

i tried to ride it down the street but as soon as it was in gear it would idle much lower and it was stalling out bit time. every time i was push the the throttle it would either come close to dying, or it would just completely die.

i'm thinking the reason it is stalling out is because either:
A: ) the air screw needs adjusted, right now i have it set to 1 1/4 turns out.
B: ) the idler needs adjusted, but i'm not quite sure on how to adjust that properly
C: ) the old gas in there either isn't the correct mix, or it's just bad.

do you guys have any input to this problem? now it's seeming more like a common problem than anything.

[Mr.Jake]

mine did the same thing, i had forgotten to plug some oil injection lines. check every fitting on your carb, block them all except the float breather (comes from the bowl) and the gas fitting.

[Vealmonkey]

I'm sure all those things you wrote are problems that need looked at. Also make sure your clutch is properly adjusted and that your brake isn't dragging and that your wheel bearings are all rolling smoothly.

[PureMetalKorey]

hey jake, if i'm correct the only lines that go into the carb are:
the fuel line
the float breather
and the oil pump line
is this correct?

i'm hoping it's more of a problem with the fuel, do you think it could effect it this much? also, if it's stalling like it's about to die, is it starving for air, or getting too much?

thanks guys, you really are helping me get this thing running for the first time in over a year, keep the replies comin

[PureMetalKorey]

after some research and consulting with a coworker i think i've reached the conclusion that there is a good chance my problems are due to too much oil in my fuel mixture causing it to run way too lean.

i'll let you guys know what happens with and update tomorrow.

also, i think i may go with a higher octane fuel because i think before my bike was "detonating" and running at very high uncontrollable RPM's i think may be due to boring it out and running a new piston.

[PureMetalKorey]

so the new fuel with a perfect mixture seemed to do the trick.

i think the carb still needs tweeked, after i ran it for a little while the idle was kinda dropping down like i was gunna die, i'm still not confident in the trike yet but i will be after i get it tweeked.

[Mr.Jake]

yeah its recommended to mix the fuel 32:1, but 40:1 is fine too. My idle drops aswell, just turn the idle up, theres a screw on the left side of the carb i believe. i always just let mine idle high.